When and Why Do Legislators Pass More Punitive Sentencing Policies? A Process Tracing Analysis of Interest Group Access to and Influence on US Criminal Sentencing Policy

• In Event: Interest Groups and Lobbying in the U.S.

Brief Overview

In this study, we assess interest group access and influence by leveraging
lobbying register data to identify the degree to which the lobbying
environment and legislator preferences affect US federal criminal sentencing
policy outcomes.

Authors

• Lily Rice, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

• Raj Chari, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin